A Chicago law firm has laid off four of its 14 associates after hiring seven lawyers earlier this year in anticipation of an increase in construction litigation that never materialized.
A federal judge has approved a $2.5 million malpractice settlement by Los Angeles law firm Levene, Neale, Bender, Rankin & Brill to settle a complaint by a trustee in the…
Mayer Brown has cited conflicts of interest as the reason it decided against a merger with Heller Ehrman, but the real reasons the combination failed may have been bad timing…
The New York Commission on Judicial Conduct has recommended a censure for a Manhattan trial judge who acted in a “manifestly improper” manner by presiding over two criminal cases in…
Michael Weinberg knew he wanted to own his own business when he went to law school, but he followed the traditional career path and ended up as an associate at…
A proposal to put a 38-foot mural promoting the theme of American justice on the side of a building in an upscale neighborhood in Philadelphia has proven controversial.
Joining an eclectic group of U.S.-based international law firms, Atlanta’s Kilpatrick Stockton is opening a small office in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.
Chicago-based Winston & Strawn is planning to expand its practice significantly, with the help of attorneys from the dissolving Heller Ehrman law firm.
“Pending local regulatory approval in mainland China…
A U.K. law firm is recalling hundreds of branded travel adapters it was giving out as freebies to potential legal eagles after a Cambridge University student who plugged one in…
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